Picture Frame Key Hanger

This was a fun project. Partly because it was so simple, partly because I LOVE these girls and it's a great memory! My bestest got married last summer and she sent me this framed super cute photo of us girls all being awesome and strong and super cool...  

The frame was already perfect and slightly distressed so I didn't have to do anything to is aside from make some even marks across the bottom where I wanted to screw in my hooks. So now I have this cute photo key hook right inside my front door which solves the problem of lost/misplaced keys and also gets them off the ledge where they inevitably add to the clutter which I am slowly but surely getting rid of one pinteresting project at a time!

You could do this with any frame you have around your house to add a personal touch to your entryway. So stats for this project are:

Time Spent: 15 min

Frame: FREE 

5 Hooks: $2 from Walmart.

Total cost: $2... doesn't get much cheaper than that folks.

Glass Jar Picture Frames

Catching up from last week's missed "Pinteresting" craft of the week.  

I like this because the photos are so easy to change (easier than picture frames even! - and that's saying something) AND you can keep adding to your collection whenever you get an interesting jar. I'm particularly smitten with the tiny jar from a sample of maple butter my sister gave me once <3 p="">

Little Koala

Halloween 2013. My internal brain dialogue went something like this:

"Meh, I haven't dressed up for halloween for awhile..."

"The baby doesn't need a costume. He's not going trick or treating."

"Um... but it's his first halloween! What kind of mother are you!?"

"Okay... but it's the morning of Halloween. I didn't do this ahead of time! Shoot!"

"I can probably pull off that koala idea... oh no! He's awake."

"Okay, lets do this. Sewing the costume while the baby is awake. Perfect. Not."

But it all worked out in the end. And here are the basics so you too can have yourself a little koala :) It turned out so cute I might just keep the toque going for a while and pull out the ears after Halloween.

You'll need: 

1 white baby toque

2 black buttons (for eyes)

1 pair of grey baby socks

Some black fabric or felt for the nose

Grey Clothing (I taped the white patch on the tummy, but stitched on felt would probably be nicer if you were more on the ball than me and thought ahead of time)

Stitch it up, find your green and brown garb, grab yourself some leaves to make a crown and Voila! Baby Koala in the Tree :) I'm pretty proud of this one actually...

I thought the grey socks added a cute touch for the legs instead of pants. (also I didn't have grey baby pants that fit) And who can resist a cute baby diaper bum? 

He certainly seemed to like think it was a pretty swell costume. And now this mama can tell her son that he had a first halloween costume. Crisis averted!

That delightful aroma of a fresh cup...

Is there anything better than the smell of a freshly brewed cup of coffee? It's pretty high there on my list of favorite smells,  so when I saw this idea I pinned it to try sometime. That sometime was this week! 

The previous pinner said "I placed a vanilla tea-light in with the beans and was wanted by a lovely French vanilla coffee aroma." Well that sounds awesome I thought to myself.  Although I've meet been a huge fan of flavored coffee or candles so I thought I'd try just plain unscented lights instead.  

PINTEREST FAIL

I'm pretty sure this pinner ONLY smelled the  heavily scented vanilla and no coffee because I got nothing.  No vanilla and definitely no coffee. I did have the lovely ambience from the candles though.  Better luck might time.